On Saturday the 21st of October the Chief Scout Martin Burbridge came to Fenit
to visit the 2nd Kerry Sea Scout Troop. The agenda for the visit was for the
Chief to Present two Chief Scout Awards to two members Fenit Sea Scouts.
The Chief also helped to invested 11 sea scouts into the troop and one leader.

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Tralee Volunteer Bureau - Children First Workshops for the development of a Child Protection Policy these workshops will take place on Friday the 10th & 17th of November in the Grand Hotel Tralee - the
workshop is from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm - Please contact the Volunteer Bureau if you can attend the workshop.

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Scouting Ireland ROADSHOW - Tralee Scout Den - Sunday November 26th - 10 am to 1 pm - this is a
promotional tour by the Outdoor Adventure Stores promoting the uniform & the association.
(Badges can be ordered & they will be brought by the O.A.S. staff to the roadshow
- saving you on postage).

———————————————————————————————————————————County Programme Co-ordinators (CPC’s) can also use this space
to promote their upcoming county events

SQS:
Don’t forget to submit your SQS assessment forms
to the County Commissioner by the 30th of
November.
DID YOU KNOW….
When a child makes or builds
something - like a model plane, a boat or a car
they often imagine it in action:
flying, sailing or racing, as they
works on it?
Their minds are as active as their hands.
Taken from a
Cub website
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On Sunday the 24 th of September 8th Kerry (Fenit), took to the woods in search of the wild.
Below are two accounts of this trip.
We went for our nature walk to Ballyseedy Woods. Our Leader Jim Fox, told us that the Woods were
owned by two different people. We saw very many old trees, some as old as 500 years. These were
very big and people had carved their names on some of them. We saw Oak trees and pine nuts, Ashe
trees and Sycamores and had great fun flying the helicopters up in the air. We also saw a badgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hut
which was a hole that looked like a tunnel. There were more holes around this. We also saw dinosaur
food, which had a big spine down the middle and little leaves branching off it. During our walk we were
split into twos, and told to search for different things, such as soft things and hard things. Jim also
showed us where the bats live up in the chimney of a house there. I really enjoyed my nature walk that
day.
Cillian Tierney Age 8
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8 Kerry (Fenit) went on a nature walk in Ballyseedy Wood. There are two sides to Ballyseedy Wood,
one dry and one wet. We also talked about different trees like the ashe tree. The pack came across a
tree about 500 years old! It was called a yew tree.
Niall Buckley Age 10

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 On Saturday October 21st 9th Kerry Kilmoyley had an overnight camp in the Scout Den in Tralee.
The camp started at 4pm with the off loading of our gear & then down to the town park. After a
visit to the playground we returned to the hall and the Cubs had a bit of free time. At 7pm we
went to mass in St. Johns & when we returned to the den the leaders cooked dinner followed by
pancakes, Jimmy & Maura o’ Donnell came just in time for the first two pancakes. After a good
feed of pancakes the Cubs took to bed without being asked & they read ghost stories for half an
hour. By midnight all was quiet.
 The cubs woke at 8am to get ready for a hike. The bus arrived at 9am with the cubs favourite bus
driver behind the wheel ( Adrian Godley). By 10:30 am we were at the base of Torc. We along with
the driver went up the waterfall & when we came down the Leaders cooked us sausages. When
we finished eating we loaded onto the bus & back to the Scout den. The Cubs parents picked
them up from the den. We had 11 Cubs that weekend & 4 leaders. Fiona Lonergan (Cubs section
leader) / Eileen Leen / Joan Sheehy & Angela Stack (G/L). Thanks to the 1st Kerry Unit for the use
of the hall and to the bus driver for the safe journey.
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After 12 months of hard work
it has final ly paid off for
Fearghal Fitzgibbon & Barry o

Ma ho ny of th e 2n d Ke rr y
Sea Scouts, as they received their
Chief Scout Awards from the Chief
Sco ut Mar tin Bur bri dge on
Saturday October 21st.
The boys had completed a
series of challenges and were very
happy to see their work pay off.
The Chief Scout then helped
invest Jacquii Hall as a leader with
the Sea Scouts and finished by
investing 11 new scouts into the
troop.
The troop leaders Dominic
Ra ft er y, And re w Kel ly an d
Jacquii Hall were all very proud of
the achievements of the two boys.
Also at the event was the County
o
Commissioner - Jimmy Donnell,
County Secretary - Marian Hurley,
County PR Officer - Angela Stack
and the National Commissioner for
Sea Scouts and water activities o
Brian Daly. Also presented with
an award was Mrs Daly who
received a Thanks badge from the
County Commissioner, it was The troop also presented the Chief
presented by the Chief Scout to Scout and his wife with a token in
her.
thanks for their visit.
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Groups PLEASE do not forget to
submit your SQS forms to me by the
end of November.
Count all your
meetings and indoor/outdoor activities
in your applications.

The 12 days of Christmas - the
ticket stubs and record sheets need to
be in HQ by early December. Please
use the tickets to your advantage and
fundraise for your needs

§ The

National Council of Scouting
Ireland is in our County next summer.
This is a one in a million chance for
our county to promote itself & a
chance for our County & Province to
promote it’s worth to local businesses
and the public. Events and details will
be issued in due course.

Jimmy o’ Donnell
County Commissioner

www.scouts.org
World Scout Organisation (WOSM)

The world scout organisation have
revamped their website and it is well worth a visit

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Beavers:
Equipment: none
How to play: One Beaver impersonates a vampire
while all of the others walk around with outstretched
arms in a darkened room. If a Beaver bumps into
the vampire, the creature lets out a horrible scream.
This scream transforms the second child into a
vampire too. Keep playing until the vampires have
taken over your entire pack
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Cubs:
BOOCE
Equipment: Sand, margarine containers
("scooters," one for target, three for each player),
tape, chalk
How to Play: Fill each container with sand and
seal lids on with tape. Draw a playing circle about
three steps wide with the chalk. Make a throwing
line 10 steps away from the circle. Place the target
container in the middle of the circle. Stand behind
the line and slide a scooter toward the target. Try
to get close but do not hit the target or you have to
take your scooter back. Each player gets three
turns sliding one scooter at a time toward the target. The player whose scooter is closest to the
target without touching gets a point. The first
player to get five points wins.
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Scouts / Venturers:
Rounder's
Equipment: bats; softball; bases
How to play: The field is set up as in regular baseball; the group is divided into two teams. When the
batter hits the ball, it’s a race between him and the
outfielders. Both the batter and the ball must follow
the same route, through the bases and to home
base. If the ball reaches home first (after circling
the bases) the runner is out. Fly balls are played as
any other ball, and the batter is not out.

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Next month - the Scout law
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LANDERS OUTDOOR WORLD,
Mile Height, Killarney rd, Tralee (066) 7126644
Landers offer a 10% discount to all adult scouters, beavers, cubs, scouts &
Venturers.
I.d. card may be asked for.
FOR YOUR GROUP / SECTION TO HAVE THEIR SAY IN OUR COUNTY NEWSLETTER, PLEASE
HAVE YOUR PIECES / PICTURES INTO ME BY THE 25 TH OF ANY MONTH, SO I CAN
HAVE IT IN YOUR INBOX BY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH

NEW BADGE
for all of us that are using the Chat Forum
on the Scouting Ireland website….
They have brought out a badge.
It costs €
3.95 and is readily
available from the Outdoor
Adventure Stores.

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On Saturday the 21st of October the Chief Scout Martin Burbridge came to Fenit When a child makes or builds something - like a model plane, a boat or a car - they often imagine it in action: flying, sailing or racing, as they works on it? Their minds are as active as their hands. Don’t forget to submit your SQS assessment forms to the County Commissioner by the 30th of November.